To the extent that Congress allowed, the Harding, Coolidge, and Hoover administrations associated the United States with League efforts on several issues. However, constant suspicion in Congress that steady U. Additionally, growing disillusionment with the Treaty of Versailles diminished support for the League in the United States and the international community.
However, the coming of World War II once again demonstrated the need for an effective international organization to mediate disputes, and the United States public and the Roosevelt administration supported and became founding members of the new United Nations.
This page was last edited on 21 September , at Privacy policy About DailyHistory. He also wanted to weaken Germany, so France would never be invaded again. One was the French leader Clemenceau see below. The other was the opinion of British people. They wanted a harsh treaty that would punish Germany severely. The need for compromise at Versailles, between their desires for world peace, revenge, reparations and the need to re-establish Germany as a trading partner is explored.
In groups of three, students might create speeches to be delivered in the role of the Big Three, outlining their respective positions. They believed it had the potential to cause a future war, and that a strong Germany was required to prevent the spread of Soviet Bolshevism.
Going into the summit, he wanted to punish Germany for the devastation of France, take back Alsace and Lorraine, take land from the Rhineland and divide Germany.
Georges Clemenceau had revenge on mind as France incurred heavy casualties. The war had been fought mostly on French soil, which took a heavy toll on both the land and the economy. Hence, Clemenceau wanted Germany thoroughly weakened such that it would never again be a threat to France.
President Wilson was given the Nobel Peace Prize in for his efforts in establishing peace in Europe and around the world. Because Russia had already signed a treaty and was no longer part of the war.
Germany because they have lost a lot of their colonies, and put restrictions on their military, they had to pay reparations and they were blamed for the whole war.
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Economic recovery had reduced international tension so countries were less likely to fight. Wall street crash and economic problems ended this and tension rose again. Leading members put their own interests first. Britain: High unemployment, didn't want to sort out other problems when it had enough at home. Japan: Depression lead Japan to take over Manchuria part of China. Italy: Mussolini tried to expand empire.
French and British self-interest wouldn't abandon these to support league. Absent powers like USA and Russia. Lacked authority and sanctions inefficient. Sanctions were meant to be the League's biggest weapon but without USA they didn't work. Broken easily. Lack of armed forces.
The League of Nations had no armed forces of its own. Britain and France never fought for the league. Unfair treaties. Too harsh so the league had trouble imposing them. Reached decisions too slowly. Sanctions didn't work because they. Were too slow. Met too infrequently.
The League of Nations, a former international organization, was formed after World War I to promote international peace and security. The basis of the League, also called the Covenant, was written into the Treaty of Versailles and other peace treaties and provided for an assembly, a council, and a secretariat. Because the peace treaties had created the League of Nations, the League was bound to uphold their principles. But however, it became apparent that some of the terms of the treaties were harsh and unjust and needed amending.
This undermined the league. Woodrow Wilson hoped however, by including it in the treaties that this would ensure that the League was accepted by all nations. However, from the start, the League shared many of the weaknesses of the treaties themselves.
The defeated powers were not consulted about the league and were not invited to join. The victorious powers did not really agree among themselves about the League. A system of colonial commands was also set up. Based in Geneva, the League proved useful in settling minor international disputes, but they had a hard time stopping aggression involving major powers such as, Japan's occupation of Manchuria in , Italy's invasion of Ethiopia in , and Germany's seizure of Austria in It collapsed early in World War II and ended in Its ending in was because it had some basic and fundamental problems such as dealing with aggression involving major powers.
Countries like Japan and Italy were able to just walk over the League of Nations because it had no armed forces of its own and it relied upon the co-operation of its members.
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